Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal: [WCA][Governance] Training for chapter and thematic org. board members

Very good idea. You can put me on your trainee list Cheers, Stefan aka Fussi 2013/4/21 Bence Damokos > Sounds like a great idea. > > Best regards, > Bence > > On Sunday, April 21, 2013, Fae wrote: > > The majority of chapter boards (and the proposed thematic > > organizations) do not rou

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Deploying alpha of VisualEditor to non-English Wikipedias

Hi, Is it possible to include bn (Bengali Wikipeda) in the list ? i want to start the test earlier :) * -- **Nasir Khan Saikat* www.nasirkhn.com On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Nicole Ebber wrote: > Hey, > > The VisualEditor is going to be deployed in an

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Info: Wikimedia Conference feedback - Grazie mille!

Ditto: A warm thanks to WMIT for taking up the call, and to everyone who took part in the conference. I enjoyed it tremendously and found both formal and informal parts facilitated well. I regret that I had to fly back a day early! For those staying on past tonight: as bars go, I recommend the Os

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal: [WCA][Governance] Training for chapter and thematic org. board members

Sounds like a great idea. Best regards, Bence On Sunday, April 21, 2013, Fae wrote: > The majority of chapter boards (and the proposed thematic > organizations) do not routinely have an induction process with > training in expected reporting requirements, liability as directors, > the role of ov

[Wikimedia-l] [Milan] Night out for those who don't leave today :)

Hello all conference people, as not all people leave today, Polish Wikimedians with some friends meet together for some food/drink and everyone is wholeheartly welcomed. We are meeting at 8:00 p.m. next to Porta Genova metro station (green line) on the piazza stazione di Porta Genova. Then we

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Info: Wikimedia Conference feedback - Grazie mille!

(off-topic) > > And how come an "English pub" in Italia?! At least the grapa was good. ;) As I mentioned to a few people at the time, the beer was mainly German, Czech and Irish, and the spirits mainly Scottish, American, Italian and Russian, and the food was mainly nachos. Might not sound ver

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Info: Wikimedia Conference feedback - Grazie mille!

[off-topic] On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Chris Keating wrote: > Thanks also to the Foundation board for holding a boring meeting with no > surprises. Haha. There was a surprise for me. Jimbo thinks in South America the most spoken language is Spanish. Although looking now different places

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Info: Wikimedia Conference feedback - Grazie mille!

A absolutely agree... Sitting in the train from Berlin to Cottbus now. Thanks to evrybody especially to the WMIT Team for doing a great Job. See you all... Stefan aka Fussi Gesendet von Windows-Mail Von: Chris Keating Gesendet: ‎Sonntag‎, ‎21‎. ‎April‎ ‎2013 ‎15‎:‎26 An: Wikimedia Mailin

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Info: Wikimedia Conference feedback - Grazie mille!

Since we don't thank each other enough in this movement. I'd like to add my thanks, to Wikimedia Italia for the great job they did organising their first Wikimedia conference, to everyone who spoke or presented, to the facilitators (whose facilitation extended to trying to find a bar with space to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Info: Wikimedia Conference feedback - Grazie mille!

Tante tante grazie, Wikimedia Italia! After 4 Wikimanias, this was my first Wikimedia Conference. A pity my Brazilian friends still didn't realise the importance of this event. So greate to see so many wonderful people to make things better and congratulations for your work! Arrivederci! Tom O

[Wikimedia-l] Info: Wikimedia Conference feedback - Grazie mille!

I would like to give a personal thankyou to WMIT for successfully taking on the scary challenge of hosting the Wikimedia Conference. We can all see the team has put in a huge amount of effort and creativity into the conference. I loved visiting Milan for the first time, and being hosted in such a

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Deploying alpha of VisualEditor to non-English Wikipedias

Hey, The VisualEditor is going to be deployed in an opt-in version to several Wikipedias on Thursday next week. I am planning to hold a BarCamp session this afternoon in the Milan to discuss how chapters can support or facilitate a community communication and feedback process in this regards. So

[Wikimedia-l] Proposal: [WCA][Governance] Training for chapter and thematic org. board members

The majority of chapter boards (and the proposed thematic organizations) do not routinely have an induction process with training in expected reporting requirements, liability as directors, the role of oversight and how to maintain a competent and professional board function, etc. At the Milan con